>> final count down to a shuttle down. lawmakers in washington have less than 24 hours to strike a deal to keep the federal government up and running. wicked weather. near hurricane force winds and heavy rains are now battling the northwest. and talking about a presidential welcome. president obama hosts israeli prime minister at while tryin an

president. good morning i'm morgan radford. it would be the first government shut down in 17 years. congress has until midnight monday to pass a spending measure. if they don't all nonessential government personnel will be dismissed. senate democrats will try to strip the bill that will delay implementation of president obama's health care law. they are going to try to send it back to the house, which has become a political game of hot potato with quite dangerous consequences. republicans and democrats are playing the blame game. >> this is a totally destructive strategy totally unis necessary. >> i will shut down government if you don't give me everything i want on obamacare.

>> in wee hours of the morning the house of representatives did pass legislation funding government. >> i say it before, i'll say it again, this is it. >> because of two amendments tacked on in the house, limiti limiting,ing mr. obama's existing health care law is the real bone of contention. conservative republicans have tried repeatedly and unsuccessfully to oppose it. >> this was a strategy to drive the country to the cliff. to say, give us what we want on the affordable care act, or we are going to shut the country down. so far, majority leader

harry reid has essentially told the house of representatives and the american people to go jump until lake. i'm not -- in the lake. i'm not willing to pawk. >> senate, where art thou? >> some house republicans rallied on sunday, urging the senate to come back and take action. but there is no sign that either party is softening its position and at the moment at least no obvious way to avoid a shut down on monday. jean meserve, al jazeera, washington. >> the last shut down cost nearly $16 billion. the second of two storms is now pounding the pacific northwest. the first of this weekend's storms has already bought a

month's worth of rain and katherine barrett brings us more now from seattle. >> the national weather service calls this the strongest storm within memory for the month of september. we don't usually see storms like this until late november, december and through the winter months this on top of a record breaking rainfall on saturday which has potentially weakened the hold that tree roots have on the soil, raises the hazards of fawlings trees-falling trees breaking branches. the windiestingest of those guse supposed to be between 50 and 60 miles per hour. that would be enough to close the overlake are 520 bridge or

lake washington. >> i'm meteorologist dave warren. watching this storm in the pacific northwest. really intensified overnight sunday to monday. but that was bringing wind and rain to the entire coast there with flooding threats and gusty winds, to hurricane force. there is some snow in the higher elevations but the wind and rain continue there in washington and oregon until at least monday afternoon and evening. winter weather advisories, high wind warning in effect in pretty much the entire area, pretty much every state dealing with a winter weather advisories, so that will continue. heavier in the mountains, in oregon and washington, idaho and

wyoming, snow in the higher elevations. by wednesday, thursday, friday drying out and the temperatures staying right in the upper '50s. some rain went in the, rebound. you see the numbers drop there on monday in chicago but look we're back into the 80s tuesday and wednesday. warm air returns with sunshine and a few clouds. no rain across the midwest. a storm developing rain and winds will stay just off the coast but by monday morning it's intensifying and going right up towards canada. there will be wind, maybe light rain, into boston, tropical activity not much, just a few isolated showers and storms there, pretty quiet right now but we're continuing to monitor any developments in the tropics and of course the pacific northwest storm. that's a look at your forecast.

i'm meteorologist dave warren. president obama will welcome israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu on monday. patty culhane has a look at what's at stake. >> threats made by the u.s., ignored or flat out rebuked by benjamin netanyahu. but in his second term the white house has been trying a differing tack. smiles of the president, it was meant to smooth over the rough relationship but the president's recent speech at the united nations might have made that tougher. he appeared to be pressuring israel on what he says are his top two foreign policy priorities. >> a real break throughs on these two issues. iran's nuclear program and

israeli palestinian piece would have a profound and positive impact on the entire middle east and africa. >> not talking about attacking but talking, putting a focus on diplomatic solution. but mr. netanyahu has made it clear what he wants. he literally drew a picture last year, he wants a red line drawn expect. >> the israelis are very fearful that obama will be almost taking off the table the possibility of a military strike. what the president wants from netanyahu is time, patience, let the palestinians try diplomatic approach. >> the blitz by iran's new president, haas ann rouhani consistently described as a moderate unlike his predecessor.

>> of course they don't have ahmadinejad, who was the gift that kept on giving for chest thumpers around the world. the joke in teheran, i don't know if it was a joke, with the departure of ahmadinejad, the israelis lost their biggest supporters in iran. >> tough words from the president an a definitive time line. if he doesn't get it the relationship might look a lot less like this but this once again. patty culhane, al jazeera, washington. >> netanyahu addressed the media, the truth is vital for security and vowed to tell the truth in the face of sweet talk. and speaking of israel, a modern day spy story.

a hearing for his arrest for ealingsdly spying for israel, israeli intelligence officials say he used a bell january passport, to cover up terrorist activities. at least 16 people mostly teenage students were killed in an air strike in syria. the strike hit a secondary school on saturday, and the city of roca, claims to show the aftermath. the city has been under the control of insurgents since march. 43 rebel groups in syria have merged into a group they call the islam army. more on the impact. >> rebels fighting in the

outskirts of damascus, new group called the islam army and it includes more than 40 groups mainly seen as religiously moderate. a military commander appears here saying the islam army will be more efficient and well organized. he also calls on other rebel groups to join the new army. this isn't the only setback for the free syrian army. only afew weeks ago, the most powerful group in aleppo distanced itself from the free syrian army and attached to another group. on the ground, they still fight together. fighters from the muslim front

and other brigades launched ocoordinated early morning attack to control the border crossing. hours later, they celebrate what they describe as a major victory. dala is a main crossing between syria and jordan. it was closed by the syrian government admonition ago. >> there are still snipers positioned in the building but it's going to be a matter of days before we have the upper hand. >> but the fight is far from over. government forces shell the area constantly. and the rebels are still positioned here, taking cover behind sandbags. neighboring jordan has repeatedly voiced concerns over the growing influence of religious fighters in syria. countries like the u.s., france,

and britain have been trying for months to train and equip what they consider a modern secular government that will take over if syria collapses. >> fewer rebel factions. syrian officials say there are just over a dozen organized groups but the total number of fighters remains unclear. the group behind the mall attack in kenya finally speaks out, the deadly vow that their leader is making. and bp heads back to court. the new legal battle the oil giant is facing over the gulf oil spill.

>> new pictures have emerged showing a devastation of the mall attack in kenya. rescuers are still looking for dozens of missing victims, now al shabaab's leader says the mall attack was retaliation against attacks on somalia, suffered the violence of this

conflict. >> this is garisa town in northeastern kenya between kenya and somalia, it's reeling from the effects of insecurity. suspected al shabaab militia is taking out attacks in this area. >> it is the entry way to afghanistan and nairobi. >> into somalia in october 2011 that has put garisa on the front line. the kenyan government called its operation in somalia linda ishi, coming at a price of killings by al shabaab fighters. some of the attack happened at its places of worship.

almost two years of the gunmen killed 17 people in this cump, few are confident enough to come and worship here. tight security around the church is not enough to reassure them. >> many still fear coming here. attendance is however steadily increasing. weet get up to 80 would be -- we get up to 80 worshipers on sundays. >> people here believe al shabaab used attacks in the region to test the reserve of kenyan security before taking their attack onairobi. >> if we prevent this from happening here what had hand in kenya would not have happened. >> unable to prevent the killings or catch the perpetrators, the government has been accused of handing out collective.

collective punishment in the past. as not miswish to seen to my advice to the people concerned in terms of the security issues is it strengthens the system, coordinate very well, consult and bring on board all the stakeholders. >> unknown gunmen those who know only two well, gariza residents, helped by the attack in nairobi will finally help to bring their suffering to and end. al jazeera, gariza kenya. a fight is brewing over exactly who is responsible and for how much of the damage. bp is trying to avoid billions in fines after a rig explosion

in 2010 that killed 11 people and caused the largest offshore oil spill in u.s. history. stephanie boswell explains what is the result for the u.s. coast. mitch uresich runs the business that his grandfather started. >> we grew from a 14 acre lease to roughly 15,000 acres. >> when uresich isn't attaining his oyster beds he is keeping a watch over the marsh. three and a half years ago these marshes were covered with oil, after the explosion of the deep water horizon drilling rig. today the oil is a little more difficult to find but you can

sure smell it. 14 miles of this coastline are considered moderately to heavily oils. oysters haven't spawned in the gulf for two years. >> 2014 we are going osee a drastic decline in oyster production which are worst for markets because the markets that are left can't get enough oysters. >> who's to blame is a subject of a trial in new orleans under the clean water act. phase 1 focused on the cause of the blowout, phase 2 scraint c s

on the result. >> some of the issue low ball estimates by bp are frankly laughable . >> judge karl barbier will assess expert testimony to come up with the right number. the issue of negligence is needed to determine fines based on the clean water act. they could range from 4.5 billion to $17.2 billion. that is on top of $42 billion bp has already spent on fines cleanup and settlement payouts. anyone who depends on this for their livelihood will be watching. >> we need this for our futures. >> stephanie boswell, al jazeera, clackamans parish louisiana. company was find $200,000

and halliburnett was fined. the river thames yesterday passengers jumped into the water to escape injury about. both sides promised to dial back the violence and this comes after months of cross border attacks. both prime ministers are in new york to address the united nations. more from nidi dutt. >> being largely viewed in india as symbolic, keeping in mind that there are many challenges that both countries face separately and together, before we see perhaps symbolism turn into more meaningful dialogue.

in terms of this meeting itself, india remains quiet, the major opposition party has said india should have abandoned this meeting albeit symbolic, given the rise in violence in kashmir, really raised quite a by the of debate in india. going forward it is unclear as to where things go from here or how long thing will take in part of a discussion. on the one hand india is coming up to a national election next year which provides some amount of pressure for the government and the priements. oprime minister. on the other hand, in the rise of violence we have seen it in peshower over weeks, on the

india viewpoint from this side of the border and unclear where we go from here, but certainly a start in relationship normalization for both countries. on the road to russia. the olympic flame begins its official trip to the winter games. how scientists are turning bacteria into a new fuel source.

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>> a milwaukie company has recalled thousands of pounds of food because of a possible

listeria contamination. so far there is no report of anyone actually getting sick. scientists in south korea have created a strain of bacteria that makes fuels for cars. al jazeera's harry faucet has this report. >> celebrating a break through, using a gently modified version of e coli, breaking down fatty acids identically to the petroleum industry. >> information was well informed. >> similar methods elsewhere have produced diesel before but this is the first time that petrol with its shorter molecular chains have been created. at the moment it would take a long time to fill up your tank.

the team for the moment proves the concept. for every liter of the culture they take, using sugar and bacteria only half a gram of fuel will be produced, scaling this up will be a different process entirely. the advantage say the korean scientists say it makes the fuel already used in millions of pr internal combustion engines. using energy in fral agriculturl land. >> food versus fuel, i do not agree. you have tons of biomass which have been wasted, so you don't have to use food, crops, you don't have to disrupt large area. >> readily admit it will take years of research before it will

make it from lab beakers to fuel tanks. heading into space astronauts could soon become a lot lighter. that's because nasa is expected to print out spare parts and supplies during missions. there's even a plan to print small satellites that can send back to earth,. and the olympic flame is now on its way to russia for the winter games. ♪ an actres an ak an actresseds as an ancient goddess.

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